FSU trustees hear of Barron's plan

President outlines intention to raise school's ranking

11:32 PM,
Mar. 8, 2013

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Minutes after the end of Friday afternoon's Board of Trustees meeting, Florida State University President Eric Barron was off to Gov. Rick Scott's office.

His mission: To deliver an updated version of his proposal for what it would take to move FSU into the heady realm of the nation's top 25 public universities. FSU was ranked No. 42 in the 2012 US News & World Report listings.

Barron, who reviewed the new material with trustees, said he was providing the governor with information Scott had requested, matching FSU's plan vs. the magazine's metrics. ...